Clinical and Microbiologic Assessment of Cases of Pediatric Community-associated Clostridium difficile Infection Reveals Opportunities for Improved Testing Decisions

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 157-161

  Kociolek, Larry K ^a,b   Patel, Sameer J ^a,b   Zheng, Xiaotian ^a,b   Todd, Kathleen M ^a   Shulman, Stanford T ^a,b   Gerding, Dale N ^c,d  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; community associated; pediatric; testing

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMIZED PATIENT; INFECTION RISK; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; OUTPATIENT; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTAVIRUS; SAPOVIRUS; STOMACH TUBE; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HOSPITAL; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955387114     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000954     Document Type: Article

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